Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne, Being An Account of the Settlement, To which is added Burnell's Narrative of his Adventures in Bengal
by Burnell, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Hakluyt Society. 1933. 8vo, pp. xxx, 192, Index, two-tone frontis, maps one folded, edges uncut, mior foxing rear endpapers, original gilt decorated cloth boards, edges and spine lightly sunned, few small marks spine, good. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. LXXII. Cloth Boards.
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- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82938
- Title
- Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne, Being An Account of the Settlement, To which is added Burnell's Narrative of his Adventures in Bengal
- Author
- Burnell, John
- Illustrator
- Introduction by Samuel T. Sheppard and Sir William Foster
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Asia, Britain, Colonialism, Culture, England, India, Travels
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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